Bible Verses About Pontius Pilate: Allows Joseph of Arimathaea to take Jesus' body

And evening having come, there came a rich man, from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was discipled to Jesus,

he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counsellor, who also himself was waiting for the reign of God, came, boldly entered in unto Pilate, and asked the body of Jesus.

And Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and having called near the centurion, did question him if he were long dead,

and having known it from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

he, having gone near to Pilate, asked the body of Jesus,

And after these things did Joseph of Arimathea--being a disciple of Jesus, but concealed, through the fear of the Jews--ask of Pilate, that he may take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave leave; he came, therefore, and took away the body of Jesus,